Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 The New Scientific Mind The Epistemological Rupture The Epistemological Obstacle The Ruses of Prejudice Naïvety Science and History Rationalism Truth, Dialectics, the Philosophy of No Mathematics, la phénoménotechnique Against Substance Pythagorism (and further thoughts on la phénoménotechnique) Some Concluding Remarks Appendix to Chapter 1: ‘Surrationalism’ by Gaston Bachelard 2 The Imaginary The Turn The Imagining Faculty Imagination and Violence Narcissism The Body, Hylozoism A Psychoanalysis of a Philosophical Mind The Four Elements The Imaginary and Philosophy Overcoming Pain, Overcoming Death Topophilia Masculine Death, Feminine Death 3 The Poetics of Time The Instant Duration The Void Rhythm and Vibration Against Bergson The Void and Nothingness Concluding Remarks Appendix: Bachelard and Atomism Some Opening Remarks on Democritus, Epicurus and Pierre Gassendi Democritus and Hylozoism The Atom in Contemporary Thought The Void The Four Atomist Systems Bachelard and Atomism (Epistemology) Bachelard and Atomism (‘Metaphysics’) On Philosophical Aspirations Notes Bibliography Index